http://blog.al.com/hoover/2009/10/hoover_police_arrest_two_peopl.html

wow this was news to me!
Did anyone get a crime email or anything on it?  Here is a map of the 500 block of shades crest road
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Hoover&state=AL&address=500+Shades+Cre st+Road&zipcode=35226

I heard the story, and no, it was not a flip out occasion.  However, I am signed up for the police emails of criminal activity in the community.  It makes me wonder exactly what it is that make it worth an email.....

They might have had a known suspect but they didn't have him in custody.  Shouldn't this have been a perfect opportunity to send out an alert to be on the lookout for the suspect?  

I just got off the phone with Capt. Coker of the Hoover PD.  I called him to ask him why no e-mail went out after this incident, stating that many residents were concerned about it.
 
Here's his response (paraphrased):  An e-mail did not go out after the incident because the suspect was known to the PD already.  The biggest concern to Hoover PD is the safety of all residents.  Had the suspect not been known (and his whereabouts, as they also knew that), an e-mail would have been sent out.  Capt. Coker stressed that they don't want to send out too many e-mails, as they don't want to "cry wolf".  When an e-mail is sent out, it will be for matters that are urgent.  This was not one of them, again because the suspect's identity and whereabouts where known.